Current control for motor-vehicles.



APPLICATION FILED MAR. 28, 1914.

Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

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CURRENT CONTROL FOR MOTOR-VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Au 1'3. 1215.

Application filed March 28, 1914. Serial No. 827,867.

To aZZ whom it may concern 1 Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. Sci-liner,a citizen of the United States, residing at Exeter, in the county ofTulare a and State of California, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Our-- rent Control for Motor-Vehicles; and I do declarethe following to be a clear, full, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the charactersof reference marked there on, "which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in motor vehicles andparticularly to a controlling mechanism for the ignition current used inconnection with the motor of a vehicle, whereby with a retarded sparkthe ignition will be from the starting battery and with the advancementof the spark the same will be automatically switched from the startingbattery to. the magneto or other runnmg battery connection. This willavoid the manual changing of the switch which is now done with theordinary type of control and at the same time will give the propercurrent for the starting of the motor' and the changed current for thenormal running of the motor.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensivedevice and yet one which will be exceedingly effec tive for the purposesfor which it is designed.

These objects, I accomplish by means of such structure and relativearrangement of the parts as will fully appear by a perusal of thefollowing specification and claim.

On the drawings, similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the several views.

Figure 1 is a top plan View of the steering wheel of a motor vehicleshowing the control levers thereon. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of asteering wheel and post showing my improved switch controlling mechanismthereon. Fig. 3 is an end view of the switch. Fig. 4c is a diagrammaticview of the ignition system in connection with which my improvedstructure would be used.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on thedrawings, the numeral 1 designates the steering wheel and the numeral 2the steering post and the numeral 3 the steering gear housing.

The numeral 4c designates the indicating quadrant mounted in the upperend of the steering post and provided with the gas control lever 5 andthe spark control lever 6. Such control lever 5 operates the rod 7projecting through the steering post and the lever 6 controls the rod 8projecting through the rod 7. @n the lower end of the rod 7 is providedan arm 9 adapted to be linked in the usual manner to the fuel supplythrottle. On the lower end of the rod 8 is a geared quadrant 10intermeshing with another geared quadrant 11 secured on a pin 12turnable in bearings 13 secured by brackets 18 to the housing 3. On saidpin 12 is an arm 15 adapted to be linked in any suitable manner to thetimer or other ignition control.

My improved switch is controlled by the operation of the pin 12 andconsists of two pairs of spaced circular blades 16 and 17 respectively,there being a switch knife 18 secured on the end of the pin 10 andadapted to be moved between the members 16 and 17 with the operation ofthe pin 12. The wire from the starting battery or other source ofinitial ignition leads to either one of the members 16 or 17, being hereshown as at 19, leading to one of the members 16 and, as at 20, leadingto the other of said members 16, whereby when the member 18 isinterposed between the members 16, a circuit will be completed.Likewise, the wire 21 from the magneto or other source of runningignition leads to one of the members 17 and from one of the othermembers 17, as at 22, so that when the member 18 is moved between themembers 17, the circuit is completed.

The operation of the member 12 is controlled by the movement of thelever G, suitable points being designated on the quadrant 1, as at a andb, to show the relative positions. The position a for example designatesthe point of a retarded spark in which event the member 12 would bemoved through the rod 8 and geared quadrants 10 and 11 to throw themember 18 into engagement with the member 16 thus completing the initialstarting circuit. The point 6 would designate the advanced position ofthe lever 6 and when the lever 6 is moved to this position, the member18, through the mechanism named, would be thrown into engagement withthe members 17 to complete the running ignition circuit. The point 0would designate the neutral position of the lever 6, at which pointthere the invention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in de tail the present and preferredconstruction of the devlco, still in practice, such deviations from suchdetail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit ofthe invention.

Having thus described my invention What r I clalm as new and useful anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is A device of the characterdescribed comprising the combination w1th a motor havmg an ignitionsystem provided with two 7 sources of electrical energy and a switch forconnecting the circuit from one source or the other, and a lever foradvancing and retarding the time of the spark within said motor, of'amember operable in said switch to complete the circuit from one of saidsources of electrical energy or the other, said member being controlledby the operationof said lever whereby, when said lever is moved toretard or advance the time of the spark in said motor, said member willoperate in said switch to make connection withone or the other of saidsources of electrical energy, as described.

lntestimony whereof I aifix my signaturev in presence of two Witnesses.

BENJAMIN 1 sornvnnr.

Witnesses:

Josnua B; Wnissrnn, VERADINE WARNER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissionerof Patents,

Washington, D. C.

